Lynn C. Toler (born
October 25,
1959 in
Columbus, Ohio) is the judge of the television series
Divorce Court, replacing
Mablean Ephriam on
September 11,
2006. She previously hosted the court show
Power of Attorney.
Toler served as an administrative judge in
Cleveland Heights Municipal Court for eight years after working as an attorney specializing in civil matters. She won the position as a judge in a predominately Democratic district as a Republican, where Democrats held 5:1 majority. Toler brought tenacity and compassion to the courtroom enforcing nontraditional judgments, such as hand written essays. As a judge she served in Cleveland seeing over 25,000 cases per year. Toler is a native of Columbus, Ohio. She earned an undergraduate degree in English and American Literature from
Harvard (1981) and a
Juris Doctor from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School (1984). Toler currently resides in Ohio with her husband of 17 years and two teenage sons.
Lynn Toler will host
MyNetworkTV's new show,
Decision House.
[Judge Lynn Toler to Host MyNetworkTV's "Decision House", Broadcasting & Cable, July 13, 2007]
Judge Toler is the author of
My Mother's Rules: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Emotional Genius (Agate Bolden,
ISBN 978-1-932841-22-0, paperback, 300 pages, $15), in which she describes how she dealt as a child with her father's erratic behavior due to his
bipolar disorder.